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May 16, 2022

Tokyo Olympics

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How winning has turned NC State’s Wes Moore into a carrot

October 13, 2021 Brett Friedlander

CHARLOTTE — Success has changed NC State women’s basketball coach Wes Moore. But that’s a good thing, according to his players. “Coach Moore is nicer, y’all,” super senior forward Kayla Jones said Wednesday at the […]

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Cooper honors North Carolina Olympians and Paralympians

September 28, 2021 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — If North Carolina was a country, its haul of 30 medals at this summer’s Olympics would have ranked 11th, ahead of Canada, Brazil, Korea and many other of the 90 nations that were […]

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Hurrah! Hurrah! NC athletes shine at Olympics

August 12, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Athletes with ties to North Carolina accounted for 30 medals during the Tokyo Olympics, a haul that included seven gold, 14 silver and nine bronze. It’s a total that would have ranked 11th among the […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 16: Duke dominance on the court

August 8, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Duke basketball certainly left its mark on the Tokyo Olympics. With Chelsea Gray helping the U.S. women’s team to a dominanating 90-75 win against Japan on Sunday, the final day of the Games, representatives of […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 14: Greensboro’s moment in the ‘Rising’ Sun

August 6, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Greensboro had a day to remember at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. It started in the men’s 4 x 400 relay when NC A&T teammates Trevor Stewart and Randolph Ross ran the first two legs […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 13: Pair of Ryans leaves Korea cryin’

August 5, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took not one, but two Ryans to pitch Team USA into the gold medal game of the Olympic baseball competition. And both have ties to North Carolina. Joe Ryan, who was with the Durham […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 12: Rough finish on the open water

August 4, 2021 Brett Friedlander

At 32 years old, Ashley Twichell is the oldest American swimmer to make her Olympic debut since 1908. Wednesday, in what was likely both her first and last swim at the Games, she did everything […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 10: A silver lining to Keni Harrison’s Olympic story

August 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took several minutes for the photo finish to determine second and third place in the women’s Olympic 110 meter hurdles in Tokyo on Monday. But Keni Harrison wasn’t waiting for the outcome to be […]

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Toyko Olympics Day 9: Gnarly haul of medals for BMX Freesylers

August 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

They represented Venezuela, Switzerland and the United States. But the one thing Daniel Dhers, Nikita DuCarroz and Hannah Roberts all have in common — besides an ability to do gravity defying tricks on a bicycle […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 7: State runners clear first track hurdles

July 30, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Three athletes with ties to North Carolina schools have cleared their first hurdles on the way to Olympic medal contention at the Tokyo Olympics. Running on the opening day of track competition, former UNC star […]

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